Telescoping insulated boxes
AssigneePratt Retail Specialties, LLC
InventorsGreg Sollie, Jamie Waltermire, Shifeng Chen
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Abstract
A telescoping insulated box assembly, comprising: an outer box, the outer box comprising a side wall and a bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall of the outer box each defining an insulation cavity; and an inner box, the inner box comprising a side wall and a wall forming a portion of a top side of the box assembly, each wall of the inner box defining an insulation cavity, the inner box sized to fit into the outer box such that the each of the side walls of the inner box faces one of the side walls of the outer box.
Claims18
A telescoping insulated box assembly, comprising:
- an outer box, the outer box comprising a side wall and a bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall of the outer box each defining an insulation cavity;
- an inner box, the inner box comprising a side wall and a wall forming a portion of a top side of the box assembly, each wall of the inner box defining an insulation cavity, the inner box sized to fit into the outer box such that the each of the side walls of the inner box faces one of the side walls of the outer box;
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- a handle attached to the inner box on the wall forming the portion of the top side of the box assembly.
A method of assembling a telescoping insulated box assembly, comprising:
- assembling an outer box by folding an inner side panel into the outer box, the inner side panel joined to a connecting strip by a fold line, the connecting strip joined to an outer side panel by a fold line, the outer side panel, the connecting strip, and the inner side panel forming a side wall and defining an insulation cavity therebetween;
- assembling an inner box by folding an inner side panel of the inner box into the inner box, the inner side panel joined to a connecting strip by a fold line, the connecting strip joined to an outer side panel by a fold line, the outer side panel, the connecting strip, and the inner side panel forming a side wall and defining an insulation cavity of the inner box therebetween;
- inserting the inner box into the outer box, such that an open top of the inner box is proximate a bottom of the outer box, and a bottom of the inner box forms a portion of a top side of the box assembly;
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- attaching a handle to the inner box, the handle configured to allow the inner box to be pulled out of the outer box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.